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HAT VENTILATOR.

No. 357,364. l Patented Feb. 8, 1887.

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F. O. BOWEN.

HAT VENTILAT-OR.

No. 357,364. Patented Feb. 8, 1887.

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FRANCIS O. BOWEN, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

, HAT-VENTlLATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters P Application filed September 18, 1886.

To all whom it moty concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS O. BOWEN, a citizen of the United States, and a residentof Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Ventilators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of hatventilators in which the sweat-band of a hat is constructed to remain partially or entirely out of contact with the forehead or back of the head,or both, as described in Letters Patent of the United States granted to me March 2, 1886, No. 337,124. In the ventilator shown and described in said patent the sweat-band is made to terminate at the points of its enlargements to form the desired air-space, and the inside portion of the hat opposite the open portion of the sweat-band is provided with a facing or protecting-piece.

Now the essential features of my present invention consist in making the sweat-band eontinuons, therebyincluding or making said facing an integral portion of the band, as hereinafter more particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents an inverted plan view of a hat containing my present invention. Fig. 2 is a cross'section thereof. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the sweat-band detached. Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 are viewsillustrating various ways of carrying out my invention. Fig. 8 is an inner view of the front portion of the sweat-band."

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A designates the hat, and B the sweat-band extending entirely around the inside of the hat in substantially the usual mannor.

0 Odenote enlargements arranged under the sweat-band at suitable points to create a space, D, intermediate thereof at the desired points, whereby the sweat-band is made to assume such shape that when the hat is put on the sweat-band is left out of contact with the head of the wearer, and air' is permitted to pass and repass to and from the interior of the hat. Said enlargements O 0 may be formed of felt or other suitable material, and of wedge or other suitable shape, they being fastened to atent No. 357,364, dated February 8,188 7.

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the hat or to the swca-tband at the required points by stitching or othersuitable means; or said enlargements may be formed by the bent ends of metallic or other suitable strips, E, in v which event both enlargements may be formed in one piece, as indicated in Fig. 6. The point at which the air-space Dis formed is opposite the forehead or back of the head, or both, and when the same is formed at both points one of the enlargements concomitant to each space may be formed in one piece with an enlargement concomitant to the other space, as shown in Fig. 5, and of a strip of metal or other suitable material, which is properly se cured to the hat.

In order to insure the operative condition of the air space or spaces D, it is important that y the hat as well as the sweat-band should be made longer than ordinarily, but of substantially similar width to the head, so that the hold of the hat is mainly on the sides, and, when the airspace is formed only at the front of the hat, also on the back of the head.

In the examples shown in Figs. 1 to I, inclusive, the side portions of the sweatband are arranged to hug the inner surface of the hat; but, if desirable, said side portions of the band may be left out of contact with the sides of the hat intermediate of the enlargements, thereby creating additional airspaces between the band and the hat, as shown in Fig. 7, without interfering with the other or main air-spaces in the front or back portions of the hat; or the enlargements may be so arranged that the sweat-band will hug the sides of the hat and be left out of contact with the hat at the front and back intermediate of the enlargements, so that the sweat-band Will touch the head at the front and back; or, in other words, the location of the air-spaces is on the sides as well as the front'and back of the hat, as shown in Fig. 9; or the band may be in contact with the sides as well as the front and back of the hat intermediate of the enlargements, and the latter so arranged as to form air-spaces between the band and the head of the wearer on both sides and on the front and back of the hat, as shown in Fig. 10.

In the example shown in Fig. 8 a portion of the sweat-band is out out on the upper edge at a point opposite the air space or spaces, to

increase ventilation, and the enlargements C are arranged in the longitudinal plane of said out portion.

In the examples shown in Figs. 11 and 12 a pad or enlargement, C, is arranged in the air-space formed by the pair of enlargements C in the front or back of the hat, thereby forming alternating air-spaces and enlargements; and, if desirable, those portions of the sweatband opposite to the'spaces thus created may be out out, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 11.

lnthe examples shown in Figs. 13 and 14 a single pad, 0, is arranged in the front (or back or sides) of the hat, to form converging air-spaces on opposite sides of the pad between the sweat band and the head of the wearer, as indicated in Fig. 14. The sweatband may be cut out, if desirable, on opposite sides of said pad, as shown in Fig. 13.

A series of pads arranged at suitable distances from each other entirely around the hat to form alternating enlargements and airspaees, through which a circulation of air is maintained next to the head of the wearer in every portion thereof, are shown in Fig. 15. It will be seen that by this construction a very ncatfinish is obtained, the hat sweat-band having substantially the usual appearance, while the air-spaces are at the same time permitted to perform their functions in substantially the same manner as when the sweat-band is terminated at the edges of said spaces.

In order to increase the effect of ventilating medium,the hat may be provided with the or dinary ventilating hole or opening in its body.

If desirable, the sweat-band at the ends of the enlargements may be secured to the hat by stitches or other means extending across said band. 7

If found desirab1e,the pads or enlargements O C may be perforated for the purpose of diminishing the weight thereof.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hat-ventilator composed of a sweatband extending entirely around the inside of the hat,and having interrupted enlargements, substantially as hereindeseribed,arranged under the sweat-band, to retain the latter out of contact with the head intermediate of said enlargements,forming an air space or spaces between said band and the head, the sweat-band being secured to the hat-body at points intermediate of said enlargements, as herein described.

2. The combination, with a hat and sweatbaud, of a strip having an enlargement at both ends arranged under said band, the latter being secured to the hat-body at points intermediate of said enlargements, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

3. The combination, with a hat, of enlargements arranged in pairs beneath the sweatband, on the front and back portion thereof, and of a sweat-band extending entirely around the inside of the hat, with opposite portions intermediate of said enlargements left out of contact with the hat, the other opposite portions intermediate of 'said enlargements being in contact with and secured to the hat-body,substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination, with a hat and sweatband, of a pad or enlargement arranged under the sweat-band, with the band secured to the hat-body on opposite sides thereof, to form converging air-spaees between the band and the head of the wearer on opposite sides of the pad, substantially as shown and described.

rnAnoIs 0. Bowen.

Witnesses:

J AMES S. EWBANK, EDWARD P. FLINT. 

